When the first track from a band’s debut album gets added to major rock stations four weeks before its official release, it must be something very special. That’s the case with “One Step Closer” from Linkin Park’s first album, Hybrid Theory. Built on an aggressive hard rock foundation, flavored with hip-hop vocal stylings and electronic fourishes, as melodic as it is confrontational, with a strong lyrical message, Linkin Park is diverse and unique. It’s also one step closer to scoring an important debut album — and that’s not just theory.
Since 2000, when Linkin Park debuted, no other artist has had more top 10 singles on the Alternative chart, and no other band has achieved more No. 1 albums this century. The Grammy-winning multi-platinum rock band with lead vocalist Chester Bennington has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide.
